Salvador Dalí Signed Artist's Proof Etching with Gold Dust "Behold, Thou Art Fair"

Item Details

An original artist’s proof etching on Arches paper, designed and signed in pencil by well-listed and prolific Spanish Surrealist, Salvador Dalí (1904-1989), titled Behold, Thou Art Fair from his series Song of Songs of Solomon. The image depicts contour line renderings of emotive human faces layered on top of a wide-eyed bird, below which a naked figure rides a horse through golden vegetation. The print is marked EA (French abbreviation for artist’s proof) and signed by the artist in pencil to the lower margin; mounted under white mat, behind museum glass in a beveled wood frame with a gold leaf finish.

Included in the catalogue raisonné, “The Official Catalog of the Graphic Works of Salvador Dali” by Albert Field, catalog field 71-17 E on page 70.

Dimensions

- plate measures 10″ × 15.75″.

Item #

17CIN164-011